The Last Man

By James Bailey

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The Last Man The universe is dying, slowly each star is petering out until everything goes dark. The last civilisation has entrusted it's future to one ship searching for a planet that can still support life. Elim is the sole remaining pilot and is running out of resources to bring his people back to existence until a glimmer of hope appears in the distance.

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The Last Man

4

By stor7

A good short story however I would have liked to know more if the book was a bit longer. A good read. I was getting to know what was happening but at the end I thought that's sad because it sounds like the guy thought he was being rescued but he didn't. I thought oh no. I enjoyed reading this short story. 👍

Good little story

4

By oOl Rob lOo

Would loved to of seen more of this future world.

Really quite good

4

By photosinferno

Certainly worth a read, excellent twist to the tale.

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Unit Two: Remembering the Old Number Science
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Unit Three: Planetary Data Science
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Unit Five: Character-izing Your Data

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